WEICKER, Lowell Palmer, Jr., a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Paris,
France, to American parents, on May 16, 1931; graduated, Lawrenceville Academy
1949; graduated, Yale University 1953; graduated, University of Virginia Law
School 1958; served in the United States Army 1953-1955; United States Army
Reserve 1959-1964; elected State representative in Connecticut general assembly
1962, 1964, and 1966; elected first selectman, town of Greenwich 1963 and 1965;
attorney; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first Congress (January 3,
1969-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of
Representatives in 1970, but was elected to the United States Senate; reelected
in 1976, and again in 1982 and served from January 3, 1971, to January 3, 1989;
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1988; chairman, Committee on Small
Business (Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congresses); professor, George
Washington University School of Law 1988-1990; president and chief executive
officer of Research! America 1988-1990; elected governor of Connecticut as an
Independent in 1990; was not a candidate for reelection as Governor in 1994; is
a resident of Greenwich, Conn.